I've recently noted that the FM and FF refer quite a lot to their wish for William's sister to have a decent life. If William had died on their watch, the cover up
could have been with the aim of preserving their right to raise the sister (in their mind, for
her sake) - a reasonable justification for all 3 (FGM, FF, FM) to be on board. Eg thinking; 'If we tell anyone, they will take the sister, and she will end up back with bio or in worse foster care, we have to do this [cover up] for her'.
My husband is a much better judge of character than me, and he's never believed that William was even in Kendall. The only evidence is the photo taken, but it's possible to take a photo of a photo (if we're going down the trail of suss behaviour). Or if you send a photo to yourself, and download it, the properties change. Who knows if that photo wasn't from an earlier visit and they took a photo of a photo at 9.30 (or at 7.30 and ran out of time to get the story set up, and corrected it) then threw the originals in the bush, or burnt them, and called 000. There are versions where this could work. The sister's evidence may contradict this, but given we don't know what it is, it's possible she has responded to when she last saw William (at Nanna's house) as being from an earlier time.
I mean, it's very very unlikely. But if looking at all possibilities, it needs to be looked at whether William was in Kendall at all. Did any neighbours sight William in his red suit? Or just hear children laughing? If FM is lying; is it just about timelines and her role, or is the whole thing up for discussion?
If he had accidently died in Sydney on Thursday night, it would be best they dispose there, then trek straight up to FGM and then the next morning claim there was a missing child. All eyes on that house and that location. Any forensic examination ever done at the house in Sydney they before renos? When was the pool put in?
I honestly don't believe this version myself, but no stone left unturned etc.
I do believe whether he died on their watch, or after, FM feels that she needs to defend her absence at the time of his disappearance, but this makes it hard to weed out whether that's because she
wasn't watching him when he disappeared, or she
was and feels like she needs to cover herself over his disappearance (death). Her lack of feeling guilt or remorse for her ineffective oversight is a strange one. I would be beside myself with guilt and remorse if I lost a child. Remorse I would feel owing to the child themselves, to the sister, to the father, to the bio parents. This does point to some strange thinking on her part, at the very least. It is normal to feel anger at the abductors, but also, shame in oneself for not preventing it. Her behaviour points to a lack of theory of mind, or ability to empathise with these people and how they may view her role in this (psychopathy). Particularly in a foster parent situation, to not immediately and fervently feel remorse for losing the bio child of another family.
Even when asked if FGM feels guilt, FM doesn't quite grasp how that could be possible;
"
P: She [FGM] can’t blame herself.
M: No she doesn’t, well I hope she doesn’t, no she can’t." (
IN THEIR WORDS: William Tyrrell's parents talk of the day their boy went missing and the 'living nightmare' they endure (9news.com.au))
FM never wondered how her mother would feel about the child going missing at her house??
Of course FGM would, and could blame herself. How could she go on living in that house alone afterwards, if her grandson was abducted there? Even an elderly lady without anxiety would surely be filled with fear at the thought.